Archive for the ‘Rare song’ Category
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“Jagbeeti” (1946) an extremely obscure movie by any standard, was produced by Din pictures and it was directed by M Sadiq. The starcast of the movie, as mentioned in YT is Sadiq Ali, Suraiya, Sulochana Chatterjee, Shakir, Himalayawala, Ibrahim, Gulam Hussain, Mohd.Hussain, Nalini, Shalini etc.
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Chanda saloney itna bata de
Posted on: February 16, 2014
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“Sati Renuka” (1961) was directed by K S Prakash Rao for D R Films. The movie had G. Varlaxmi, Jamuna, Krishna Kumari etc in it.
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Pi gorey gorey haathon mein
Posted on: February 16, 2014
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“Samrat Chandragupta” (1945) was produced and directed by Jayant Desai. The movie had Ishwar Lal, Renuka Devi, Nayam pally, Suraiya, Mubarak, Sulochana Chatterjee etc in it.
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Hangaama e gham se tang aakar
Posted on: February 15, 2014
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Rare Performances – Things Unique and Unexpected #4
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Poets as singers may not be an uncommon expectation. Poets are known for their singing prowess in mushairas and in kavi sammelans. They are expected to present their verses in ‘tarrannum’. However, not many have ventured into singing in the films. It is quite strange, because they are the one’s who best know the words, their intent, and their meaning. They also have a fair idea about an underlying melody that hides behind the meter and rhyme that they have created. Lyricist DN Madhok was famous for providing a basic ‘dhun’ to the music directors, for every song he wrote. But still, one does not find many singing in the films in their own voice.
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“Saloni” (1952) was directed by J P Advani for Goodluck pictures. This movie had Ashok Kumar, Nalini Jaywant, Purnima, Gulab, Mohana etc in it.
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Kudrat ki ye badaai bhai
Posted on: February 10, 2014
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Very little is known today about “Meri Amaanat” (1947). This movie was was directed by S Sutar and P Gupte for Vikas Productions. The movie had Nandrekar and Meenakshi in it.
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Though it is a recent movie by the standards of this blog, this three decades old movie is so less known by now that people are not sure about its title either. This movie is variously described as “Nikamma” (1983) or “Jaan e Jaan” (1983).
This movie was directed by Ramesh Bahl for Manoranjan movies. The movie had Randhir Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Bindu,Ranjeet, Ajit, Paintal, Satyen Kappu etc in it.
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“Hurricane Express”(1961) was directed by M H Doctor for Film Circle, Bombay. The movie had Azad, Mehru, Nazma, Habib, Indira, Sujata etc in it.
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Rare Performances – Things Unique and Unexpected #3
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One category of rare performances is when one sees a mainline actor, not recognized as a singer, singing playback for self. There is a smattering of such examples in the history of Hindi films. Some well known examples are,
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